Forrest County, MS

Forrest County is one of about
3,141 counties and county equivalents in the
United States. It has 466.6 sq. miles in land
area and a population density of 160.9 per
square mile. In the last three decades of the
1900s its population grew by 25.5%. On the 2000
census form, 99.2% of the population reported
only one race, with 33.6% of these reporting
African-American. The population of this county
is 1.3% Hispanic (of any race). The average
household size is 2.47 persons compared to an
average family size of 3.07 persons.

In 2005 retail trade was the largest of 20
major sectors. It had an average wage per job of
$21,807. Per capita income grew by 23.0% between
1994 and 2004 (adjusted for inflation).